The Tres Tombs Parade is a celebration of the feast of St Anthony Abbot, celebrated throughout cities and cities in Spain each seventeenth of January. Saint Anthony Abbot was a Roman Catholic monk and patron saint of home animals, basket weavers, farmers, grave diggers and the sick.

This celebration is very seen all through Catalonia the place parades generally known as Els Tres Tombs happen in a number of cities. These processions full three laps of the city, and date again to the fifteenth century when farmers would convey their animals into city to be blessed. In Barcelona, this pageant takes place and locals are inspired to convey their very own pets to be blessed. Romans would additionally stroll round their temples for success.

Don’t be confused by the phrase ‘tombs’ it doesn’t have the identical which means because it does in English, it in actual fact interprets from Catalan to ‘excursions’ or ‘walks’. So tres tombs is a literal translation into three excursions.

The Three Tombs in Barcelona

In the event you’re in Barcelona this January the three tombs parade is one thing you need to expertise, to see the animal- drawn autos of bygone days.

El Cavalcada dels Tres Tombs de Sant Antoni takes place on the primary Saturday following Saint Anthony’s day, the seventeenth of January. The parade begins at 11am in Avinguda del Paral-lel, goes by way of the centre and ends on the Mercat de Sant Antoni.

At this pageant you will note over 50 horse drawn autos, comparable to carriages, farm autos, hearth engines, hearses accompanied by brass manufacturers, mounted police and horses, and ponies of all sizes and shapes with riders in conventional costumes. The parade is normally round two and a half hours lengthy.

Blessing the animals and riders

In the course of the procession, they go L’Escola Pia Sant Antoni church, the place the horses and riders are blessed by a priest. After the animals within the parade have been blessed, locals who convey their very own pets have them blessed and anointed with holy water.

You may convey your canines, cats or birds to be blessed. You may even convey your pet hamster if in case you have one, the blessing of the small animals takes place on the entrance of the church.

Tortell de San Antoni

On January seventeenth it’s at all times a convention to purchase or make the tortell formed like a roscón or horseshoe. That is much like the roscón de Reyes and was initially crammed with marzipan. Now, they’re additionally made halved and crammed with cream or truffle and garnished with candied fruits. You additionally cover a bean (in order that whoever finds this pays for the roscón) and determine of an animal within the roscón for the winner.

The best way to make your personal Tortell de San Antonio

Recipe for six servings:

Substances:

250 gr flour + a bit of additional
100 gr sugar
75ml heat milk
1tbsp orange blossom water tureen
Peel of an orange
10gr bakery yeast
1 pinch salt
Two eggs
3tbsp tureens of sunflower oil
Candied fruits
Almond cubes
Icing sugar

To make the dessert:

Step 1 – Put all of the flour and yeast right into a bowl and make a gap within the centre. Add to the outlet the sugar, oil, orange blossom water, an egg and an egg white (reserve the opposite yolk), a pinch of salt, the orange zest and the nice and cozy milk.

Step 2 – Combine all of the substances properly and proceed to knead by hand or with a mixer. The dough should be versatile with out getting caught within the fingers, add flour if obligatory.

Step 3 – As soon as the dough is made, make it right into a ball and canopy with a clear fabric, permitting this to sit down for a couple of hours.

Step 4 – As soon as risen, knead the dough once more, form into both a horseshoe or roscón form and insert the bean and figurine into it. Put it onto a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper.

Step 5 – Brush with the overwhelmed egg yolk and a tablespoon of water, embellish with the candied fruits and almond cubes and permit this to relaxation for an hour.

Step 6 – After an hour, warmth the oven to 180º and let the roscón bake for 25 to half-hour.

Step 7 – As soon as cooked, enable to chill. When it’s chilly, reduce it in half and fill with the filling of your alternative and sprinkle it with icing sugar.

Take pleasure in!

Route of the Parade in 2022

The parade in Barcelona this 2022 takes place by way of:

• Parallel
• Ronda de Sant Pau
• Urgell
• Floridablanca
• Ronda Sant Antoni
• Plaça Universitat
• Pelai
• La Rambla
• Carrer de Hospital
• Plaça del Pedró
• Carrer Manso
• Mercat de Sant Antoni

This 12 months the pageant will start on the twenty third of the first 2022, on the Igualada, organised by the Antic Gremi de Traginers d’Igualada.